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Hierarchical Porous SWCNT Stringed Carbon Polyhedrons and PSS Threaded MOF Bilayer Membrane for Efficient Solar Vapor Generation
Author(s) -
Ma Xu,
Fang Wenzhang,
Guo Yi,
Li Zhuoyi,
Chen Danke,
Ying Wen,
Xu Zhen,
Gao Chao,
Peng Xinsheng
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
small
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.785
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1613-6829
pISSN - 1613-6810
DOI - 10.1002/smll.201900354
Subject(s) - materials science , chemical engineering , evaporation , membrane , carbon nanotube , water vapor , polystyrene , bilayer , water transport , nanotechnology , chemistry , polymer , water flow , composite material , environmental engineering , organic chemistry , environmental science , biochemistry , physics , engineering , thermodynamics
Interfacial solar vapor generation is considered to be an efficient and eco‐friendly technology for harvesting solar energy and providing freshwater. However, the efficient and long‐term steady evaporation of seawater under 1 sun becomes a critical issue when it comes to practical applications. Based on this issue, a special double‐layer structure, which contains a metal–organic‐framework‐derived hierarchical porous carbon membrane (HPCM) for solar absorption and a polystyrene sulfonate (PSS)@Cu 3 (BTC) 3 •3H 2 O (HKUST‐1)/single‐walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) (PHS) membrane for water supply and salt blocking, is designed in this work. The converted heat is utilized efficiently in situ to drive the evaporation of water‐trapped HPCM. The PHS membrane with PSS modified channels successfully prevents the deposition of salt. Due to the synergistic combination of the HPCM and PHS membranes, the device exhibits a remarkably high water evaporation rate of 1.38 kg m −2 h −1 and solar‐vapor generation efficiency of 90.8% under 1 sun.